Stockade financing uncertain as counties discuss costs
A tentative agreement for a shared Ector Midland stockade faces doubt as Ector County Judge Gary Watkins questions Commissioners Court approval. Midland seeks 60 percent of construction and daily maintenance costs based on Ector prisoners housed, with an initial estimate of 547000 dollars for year one. Both counties met separately to review a plan for an 88 prisoner, 310000 dollar facility on Ector land east of Odessa, to be built with prisoner labor, while specifics of cost division remain unresolved.
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Midland County
Ector County
Gary Watkins
Commissioners Court
Ector
Dallas Smith
Watkins
Smith
Ector Commissioners
Midland
Odessa
Ector County Sheriff’s Department
City of Odessa
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Contamination Monitor on Shuttle Arm Hangs for Flight Prep
A cube shaped contamination monitor is mounted at the end of Columbia's remote manipulator arm as eleven instruments survey the cargo bay for contaminants. Earth's horizon curves behind, while Space Shuttle Challenger to the right rolls toward its Kennedy Space Center processing hangar in Florida ahead of an early 1983 flight.
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Columbia
Earth
Space Shuttle Challenger
Kennedy Space Center
Fla
Backers push tough bankruptcy bill amid lobbying surge
Washington AP report shows intense lobbying driving Congress to co sponsor a bill requiring most debtors to repay debts post bankruptcy. Congress Watch flags $704,295 in credit industry contributions nationwide to 255 of 269 co sponsors. Texas patterns show most money went to non sponsors.
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Washington
Congress
Congress Watch
Texas
Jay Angoff
American Bankers Association
National Consumer Finance Association
Credit Union National Association
Sears
Air Control Board seeks contempt action against Permian Chemical
The Texas Air Control Board asked the Attorney General to pursue contempt of court against Permian Chemical Co. of Odessa for alleged air pollution in violation of a March court order. The suit seeks $1,000 fines for 88 alleged violations under the Clean Air Act, with trial set for December 6.
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Sheila Welsh
Texas Air Control Board
Permian Chemical Co
Odessa
James Braddick
The
Air Control Board
Ector County
Permian Chemical
Dorchem Inc
Joe Connally
Braddick
Nuclear protest shocks Peking with antinuke march
In Peking thousands watched as about two dozen foreign residents led a one hour protest march with banners reading no nuclear weapons. Police escorted the group as they delivered letters urging disarmament to the Soviet and U.S. embassies.
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Peking
U.S
China
United States
Soviet Union
Limited U S Peacekeeping in Lebanon Seen Doable
A Pentagon assessment finds a limited U S Lebanon mission could be managed with available troops and supplies, despite risks. President Reagan has only indicated in principle a possible deployment to west Beirut, with 800 to 1,000 Marines for up to 30 days, guarded by unspecified safeguards.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
U.S
Lebanon
Reagan
Pentagon
West Beirut
White House
Caspar Weinberger
Soviet Embassy blast hits home in Beirut and Moscow stance
The Kremlin said Israeli artillery damaged the Soviet Embassy in Beirut and that the Soviet government cannot be indifferent to Middle East events. Leonid Zamyatin, in Moscow News, reiterated the warning issued on June 14 after Israel invaded Lebanon, stressing USSR security concerns.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Beirut
Middle East
U.S.S.R
Leonid Zamyatin
International Information Department
Communist Party
Central Committee
Moscow News
Israel
Lebanon
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Weinberger Associates
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